Birds, Частина 294Religious Tract Society, 1842 - 159 стор. |
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... ground , without either finding or making any hollows . The robin usually selects a shallow cavity among grass or moss in a bank , or at the root of a tree . Humble is his home , And well concealed ; sometimes within the sound Of ...
... ground , without either finding or making any hollows . The robin usually selects a shallow cavity among grass or moss in a bank , or at the root of a tree . Humble is his home , And well concealed ; sometimes within the sound Of ...
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... ground . The nest is about an inch in diameter , and about as much in depth . The outer coat of a very complete one was formed of small pieces of a species of bluish - grey lichen , that grows on old trees and fences . These are thickly ...
... ground . The nest is about an inch in diameter , and about as much in depth . The outer coat of a very complete one was formed of small pieces of a species of bluish - grey lichen , that grows on old trees and fences . These are thickly ...
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... its fall , but still the bird sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest , and was whipped down by the twigs , which brought her dead to the ground . THE JAY . In passing to other birds , we 16.
... its fall , but still the bird sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest , and was whipped down by the twigs , which brought her dead to the ground . THE JAY . In passing to other birds , we 16.
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... grounds near Calais . Its nest is found among the stalks of growing reeds , admir- ably interlaced with fibres and ... ground . A number of the blades of grass are drawn together and sewed with a kind of cotton thread , سکتا च् THE ...
... grounds near Calais . Its nest is found among the stalks of growing reeds , admir- ably interlaced with fibres and ... ground . A number of the blades of grass are drawn together and sewed with a kind of cotton thread , سکتا च् THE ...
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... shall not fall on the ground without your Father . But the very hairs of your head are all numbered . Fear ye not therefore , ye are of more value than many sparrows , " Matt . x . 29 , 30 , 31 . THE EGG - ORGAN . How important is it , 4.
... shall not fall on the ground without your Father . But the very hairs of your head are all numbered . Fear ye not therefore , ye are of more value than many sparrows , " Matt . x . 29 , 30 , 31 . THE EGG - ORGAN . How important is it , 4.
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abode admiration appears beak beautiful BEE-EATER blackcap blood-vessels branches Brentius brood burrowing BURROWING OWL called chaffinch CHANGES DURING INCUBATION chick circumstances colour concealed covered crake creatures defence diameter downy Duke of Würtemberg dwelling eagle EGG-ORGAN eggs embryo entrance escape fact feathered tribes feet female fibres FISH-HAWK flight glottis GOLDEN-CRESTED Goosander grass grove hatched hawk heard hollow HUMMING-BIRD inches instance instinct lark larynx máamal male mate materials melody membrane moss mould neck nest nightingale notes observed opening ORGANS OF VOICE pair of muscles parrots peculiar plumage prey produced providence quia quill remarkable round SATIN BOWER-BIRD season shell singing snowy owl soft sometimes SONG BIRDS song thrush songsters sparrow species spot STRUCTURE OF ORGANS surface swallow thick titmouse tones trachea tree tube TURTLE DOVE twigs tzatu varies variety warblers wings wood WOOD WARBLER wren yolk yolk-bag young
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Сторінка 2 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Сторінка 27 - The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Сторінка 16 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Сторінка 16 - ... mallet, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though...
Сторінка 19 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Сторінка 22 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Сторінка 14 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Сторінка 24 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes, when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird...
Сторінка 11 - Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry Thrush Sing hymns to sunrise...